Zhang Shuguang, the chief designer of China's high-speed railway, who was sentenced to death in 2014, sat on the podium of the court with a serious expression and mixed feelings.
Zhang Shuguang
He poured countless energy into China's rail construction, like a ray of light for China's high-speed construction, but it was precisely because of his outstanding performance that he made a fatal mistake and made him suffer the punishment he deserved.
Today, we will take you through the important figure in the development of China's rail transport industry, his life trajectory, and the reasons for his sentencing.
Zhang Shuguang is very happy and smart.
Born in Liyang City, Jiangsu Province in 1956, Zhang Shuguang has a well-off family, his parents are both in-service workers, and his family background is not bad, and in 1977, Zhang Shuguang was at the right time, so his family background is not bad. Relying on his talent and wisdom, Zhang Shuguang was admitted to Lanzhou Jiaotong University and finally admitted to automotive engineering.
Zhang Shuguang
At that time, China was very concerned about highway construction, which played a great role in promoting the national economy, so there was a great demand for specialized and technical personnel in this area. Zhang Shuguang's Xi is hardworking, and the professional skills he has mastered are also very profound, and for the high level of education that is in short supply in China, Zhang Shuguang's future can be described as bright.
The reality is indeed like this, as soon as the university left the school, Zhang Shuguang was arranged to go to the Shanghai Railway Bureau, Zhang Shuguang knew that his future was unlimitedquantity, and he himself also wants to make a contribution to China's railway industry, so when he goes to work, Zhang Shuguang is very serious and diligent, and he is also trying to Xi learn from new things.
Zhang Shuguang is a great god in everyone's minds, with strong ability, humility, and a very promising person. In 1992, Zhang Shuguang was promoted from the Shanghai Railway Bureau to a deputy general manager of the Shanghai Railway Bureau, which was only the beginning of his career.
In his early years, his work and contact in the railway system accumulated a lot of contacts and experience for Zhang Shuguang, so it was smooth sailing along the way. Among them, there is a guy named Liu Zhijun, who can be described as a charcoal in the snow for Zhang Shuguang.
Liu Zhijun was promoted to Minister of Railways in 2003, and he felt that Zhang Shuguang was very talented and qualified, so he transferred Zhang Shuguang from the Shenyang Railway Bureau to Beijing, and Zhang Shuguang was promoted to the Beijing Railway Bureau and took up a new position.
Zhang Shuguang
Soon after Zhang Shuguang became a deputy director, he was exceptionally promoted to a ministerial-level cadre in 04 by virtue of his outstanding performance. From the beginning, he was the vice minister of the Ministry of Railways, and one of the most powerful people in China, holding enough power to influence China's economic development, and now, he has been appointed as the head of the steel industry, obviously being favored by the **.
Zhang Shuguang is ambitious, and he hopes that he can make the greatest contribution to China's economy and get China out of its current predicament. Under tremendous pressure, Zhang Shuguang began his entrepreneurial journey.
Zhang Shuguang from the current situation, China's current lack of the core operating system, that is, the key part of the high-speed train, Zhang Shuguang and Liu Zhijun discussed, that China in this area of research is still very lacking, the best way is to buy from foreign countries, so that China's railways can get more development.
He's a very efficient person, and after meeting overnight and making plans, he immediately jumps into the project. Since 2004, he has been responsible for organizing a high-speed rail tender, and by 2006, three large-scale tenders had been conducted, and each time the tender, Zhang Shuguang was the focus of the audience, after all, the tender was to be carried out, and he was a very capable person.
Zhang Shuguang
Zhang Shuguang is very clear about the advantages and disadvantages of China's railways and imports, which is why he can put China's huge market first when negotiating, and then throw out a condition that satisfies him.
His aura is very sufficient, and it is also very reasonable, so we got a large number of high-end technology from Zhang Shuguang, at that time, Siemens lost nearly 10 billion yuan because of negotiations with Zhang Shuguang, so that Zhang Shuguang saved hundreds of billions of yuan, which is his ability and a means for him to repay the country.
His contribution is much more than that.
First of all, he is an excellent manager, and it is said that everyone is afraid of Zhang Shuguang to go to the site to inspect, because he can see the problem at a glance, and his technology is far beyond most engineers!
In addition, Zhang Shuguang is a very intelligent person, diligent and studious when studying, and has made great efforts in professional theoretical knowledge, and now has accumulated rich work experience, therefore, in addition to his work, he has also published a lot of monographs on China's railways, especially on the basic principles and engineering technology of high-speed trains, which can be said to be the foundation of China's high-speed railway development.
In the end, Zhang Shuguang led China's rail transit to a world-leading track. As the primary executor of rail transit, he has fully exerted the power of China's high-speed train construction. During his eight years in power, he expanded China's railways to the whole of China, and it is recorded that 18,000 kilometers of railways were already on the Chinese soil, with another 13,000 kilometers planned. Trains now travel more than twice as many miles as before.
Zhang Shuguang
During the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed test, Zhang Shuguang walked into the cab, experienced the feeling of high-speed driving, and then asked the driver to increase the speed to 486 per hour1 km h, breaking the world's fastest speed, this is also a light in China's railway industry, but also the mainstay of China's railway industry, known as the chief designer of China's high-speed trains.
Zhang Shuguang's impulse ruined his life and his glorious past.
Zhang Shuguang only took more than ten years to reach the pinnacle of society, he has a happy family, a bright future, glory, and power, but human nature will always become greedy, Zhang Shuguang embarked on a wrong path, embarked on a path to darkness.
Zhang Shuguang is rich and powerful, and rich and powerful people will use money to trade with him. If it was before, Zhang Shuguang would definitely stop it when facing this kind of thing, because he is a pragmatic person and has never thought of sitting in this position, but as time goes by, he has already doubted his judgment.
Zhang Shuguang knows how to give the gifts he wants to the other party, but he will not cause trouble to the other party, so Zhang Shuguang has embarked on a path of no return, since the last time, his desire can never be taken back, so Zhang Shuguang's ambition is getting bigger and bigger.
Many people take millions or even tens of millions of things, just for Zhang Shuguang, as long as he says a word, the money is his. From tea to watches, to luxury houses, to luxury cars, Zhang Shuguang didn't know what to do, but he didn't dare or wanted to.
From the initial rejection to the current hints and hints, Zhang Shuguang is really carried away by money.
In 2005, Zhang Shuguang was given to a girl, and he was already on the verge of collapse, but he was extremely happy at this time. He put a lot of effort into Luo, and every time he would meet any request from Luo, so in 2009, Luo wanted a villa in Beijing, and Zhang Shuguang contacted the person who asked him for help and asked for two million.
He had also asked this businessman for a sum of money before, and at that time he also wanted to become a researcher at the Academy of Sciences, but because of his lack of experience, he borrowed a million from a businessman to help him get some contacts, but he didn't get through.
In the past 11 years, Zhang Shuguang has been serving as the chief of the passenger car section since 2001, and according to the final calculation, the amount has reached more than 47.55 million.
There is no secret in the world that is not told, Zhang Shuguang's ambition is not small, as a deputy director, his private property and money are beyond common sense, so many people are aware of the abnormality.
And in 2011, under a series of thorough investigations, Zhang Shuguang's suspected corruption made ** more determined to those who had bad ideas, and began to crack down on them.
The people in the office were taken aback, they couldn't have imagined that Zhang Shuguang would be so "famous".
What's even more surprising is that Zhang Shuguang is already mentally prepared to be investigated, starting in 2002, he bought a villa in the United States, and then transferred the house to his wife and children, and at the same time prepared to transfer assets, he understands all this, but he just stepped into this quagmire, but he can't extricate himself.
The Beijing Municipal People's Court detained Zhang Shuguang for two years and prosecuted him for the crime of **, and Zhang Shuguang himself tried to escape, but ultimately failed. On September 10, 2013, the court heard that Zhang Shuguang, the chief architect of China's famous high-speed railway project, became a prisoner.
Zhang Shuguang stood there, hearing what he had done for so many years, he felt that he couldn't say clearly, he really did a very serious thing, and now it was too late to regret it.
For the sake of his own selfish interests, Zhang Shuguang ignored the development of the country, and finally patted his ass and left, one ring after another, unforgivable, even if he is a person who serves the country, under the law, he must be treated equally.
In 2014, Zhang Shuguang stood in front of the court and cried about his past, hoping to be forgiven, after all, his family was still waiting for him, but no one would sympathize with him, and he had to take his own obligations for what he did.
But after a two-year probation, Mr. Zhang was rehabilitated and was not sentenced to death, but he lost his high-speed rail career in China and was eventually sentenced to life in prison.
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